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.......—The Latest Dances and How to Dance Them_ u A Summer Ballroom Favorite—THe Flying Two-Step”By IRENE WESTON.summer dance halls, ifAnybody who can dance the vanced steps told of in this article.quire any increased exertion.f$m,£3I** Mli • v. SV*A.iSB5* jM . . .SGfeow-“IpSAv,'' ■■♦I \* *V Sr- •V19* *v«r.,'f.Mt-' .fefrA» i'tt. ...W'A'»W■ib-WJri:lt;V ■r??AJi ..4u■i'Lvv 1+7.vjsm ^(Specially posed by Jack Clifford and Irene Wsston of The Winsome Widow company.)The *m«|| picture at the top ihows a body clasp in the dance assumed during regular two-step movements; thecanter picture the poeition taken immediately before performing a|“fly»ng circle”^ and the Hbotton picture the dancara at arms Isngth at tha fini sh of the whirl.around in la circlingar« ORISThe two-step is the moot popular dance io America.If you don’t believe me ask the oe-cheatra leader or the bandmaster nr the pianist who plays for parties, ball* and dancea.But to dance the two-step the same way all the time gets to be tiresome.and tuat is why so many new step* have come up and why the new dancea have had auch a vogue in ball rooms ax well as on the stage.Of the many variations on this popular dance, the one illustrated here, the flying two-step, is perhaps the prettiest. At all events it lent very difficult, and if one limbers up enough beforehand and is used to dancing there is no reason why any fairly good dancer can't get through it with credit.Take a good two-atep time -any of them, new or old, lend themselvea perfectly for this dance and begin with a moderately alow dunce in the ordinary way.How to Bsgin.The partner* should be facing each other, of course, but holding to each other loosely, with enough space between to allow of the next step. Here you go on with the same two-atep, but throw the foot in the air between the steps, giving it a vigorous kick. Now, continuing this kicking, dip down as you raise the foot.Both partners should face the same way, as it ia almost impossible1 to dance this atep in the regular dancing posltoin. ^Facing forward once more, the man slips his arm around the back of the girl’s waist, takes her left hand and clasps her right hand in his right, holding it about as high as hta chest. They two-step up and down the hall In a sort of chassee very much like a gallop. ,!»’Suddenly letting go of her right hand, the man clasps her left, hand tightly. She dan. «*» away from him to arm’s length. With a sudden jerk on the first beat of the bur, he drawa her toward him and she dances small circles until his firm her waist again and they more in the ordinary position for tha two-step. - • * VThis circling can only be done with practice, but it Is very effective and has its proper place In the ball room. J On * the stage, of course, one gets startling effects by circling as fast as possible, winding and* unwinding I with incredible rapidity, so that J the girl looks like one of those balls In the cup and ball game. You don’t have to do it so fast, however, a« long as you keep in perfect time | and rhythm. With a little practice you can make a good many variations on the old fashioned two-step. One of these ia the position illustrated here where the man standa just a little behind his partner.Vary Pretty Movements.By reversing the step, dancing to the side and then forward and back, all kinds of pretty figures can h evolved, and this flying two-step makes a very pretty simple cotillon feature. Each couple should dance around the hall once, a prise going to the best dancers or those whose steps were most original. *One figure In the flying two-step occurs after the partners have goneback to the original dancing position. Suddenly the man deserts hla partner*! dancing away from her to a distanceof about ten feet. He continues dancing, but without maving away* from the spot, w hile she begins to circle around and around, always In Step . to the music, until she lands back In her partner’s arms. This ig a very pretty figure and shows off the grace and agility of both dancers to best ad*vantage. ■ # ^ju^lTo dance these figures one must bevery light on the feet and one canontafford to be awkward for a second. Ithink that the more our girls and boyfl learn of graceful dancing the more easy they will be in manner and***! port me nt, and the quickest way iu j overcome this is to study some of the! modern dances. everybody knows* how toitwo-step. The (lying two-step I havei described 1 isp a I 'variation M ofthat danc« which anyone who is in*Iterested can learn. I have omitted the bard steps and acrobatic feats, which are only fitted for the stage.Dancing, among other excellenciesha* the merit that it is movement from which all haphasard and accidental wavering must be excluded. Each motion must be definite and clean cut. Once a dancer begins to shake or wobble” grace departs and so does the confidence of the onlookers.A Valusble Hint.'t knlt;»w how you feel about it. In warm weather the pressure of hands is most uncomfortable, ao partner and ! manage to hold each other without the pressure hot sticky fingers, the ruination of good white gloves. When we aredoing the ordinary two-*tep 1 havemy arm on Mr. Clifford’s shoulder and his arm Is around my waist, but we keep out handa free except when it’s absolutely necessary as in circling ofthe flying forward step.DECLARES HE FOUND A LAND OF TREASUREthemytoofall(By United Press.)Berlin, June lg.~ Declaring that he discovered Ophir, th® land of fold and precious stones of Queen Sheba of Kinr Solomon’s time. Dr. Leo Fro-benlus, the noted German explorer and acholar, has returned to llerlln from a two years’ exploration trip In West Africa. Ophir,” according to Dr. Fi’obenlus. is or rather was, not located In Bhodesla, In South Africa, where explorers heretofore have placed It, but in West Africa, at the lower edge of the Sahara desert and in the vicinity of the Niger river.As proof of his belief that he has discovered the land from which King Solomon obtained the vast amount ofA meal can be prep, others.The oven and burnt the PRICE OF FUELGAS RANGE cook ods, and there is no wai GAS FUEL bakes lt;good cooking in all its tOur lady attendantLatest approved paDESIRED.• incolnBell 7 5FO
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Lincoln Daily Star
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sun, Jun 16, 1912
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